Chapter 41: Angel

Tears are streaking down my face at Eli’s story. Everything he said is the truth. There was not one moment in his story that I could taste deceit. Liam had set me in the second chair and had begun pacing. Through the bond, I could feel his indecision, his frustration at hearing this story.

“You could have told my father this story back then, why didn’t you?” Liam asks him.

“Your father was a grief-stricken man, out for blood. He wouldn’t have listened to me any more than you have the last six months.”

I can see the impact of his words on Liam, feel them through the bond. Liam knows he’s right and his own guilt is threatening to eat him up.

I stand and go to him, wrapping my arms around him. It takes a moment, but his arms come around me and he pushes his face into my neck, breathing deeply, calming himself. We stand there for a moment, while Liam collects himself.

When he’s calm, he looks back at Eli. “What about Cara? Why did you try to forcibly mark her?”

It’s Eli’s turn to st